Stravinsky: Divertimento, Suite Italienne & Duo Concertant Itzhak Perlman

• Igor Stravinsky (1882–1971): Divertimento (from Le baiser de la fée)
• 1 I. Sinfonia 06:34
• 2 II. Danses suisses 04:52
• 3 III. Scherzo (Au Moulin) 03:21
• 4 IV. Pas de deux - Adagio 03:17
• 5 V. Pas de deux - Variation 01:04
• 6 VI. Pas de deux - Coda 02:06
• Pucinella - Suite italienne
• 7 I. Introduzione 02:14
• 8 II. Serenata 03:11
• 9 III. Tarantella 02:17
• 10 IV. Gavotta con due variazioni 03:42
• 11 V. Scherzino 01:12
• 12 VI. Minuetto e Finale 04:24
• Stravinsky: Duo concertant
• 13 I. Cantilène 02:58
• 14 II. Eclogue I 02:08
• 15 III. Eclogue II 02:32
• 16 IV. Gigue 04:30
• 17 V. Dithyramb 02:49
• Total Runtime 53:11

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Stravinsky is engagingly eclectic in these works for violin and piano: the neo-classical Duo concertant; the Divertimento based on Le Baiser de la fée, his homage to Tchaikovsky, and the Suite italienne, a reworking of the Pergolesi-inspired Pulcinella.

Itzhak Perlman, violin
Bruno Canino, piano

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Itzhak Perlman
Born in 1945 in Tel Aviv, Itzhak Perlman began playing the violin when he was so small that all he could hold was a toy fiddle. Although he was disabled by polio at age 4, he played his first recital by age 10. He studied at the Juilliard School with Dorothy DeLay and Ivan Galamian and made his Carnegie Hall debut in 1963. He was introduced to a wider American public via multiple appearances on the Ed Sullivan Show, including a 1964 episode that also featured the Rolling Stones. After winning the prestigious Leventritt Competition the same year, Perlman went on to a career as a soloist that has seen him appear to acclaim on all the world’s great stages and make hundreds of recordings.

His prize-winning discography not only covers the width and breadth of the great classical violin repertoire; he has also made ventures into Klezmer music and film soundtracks, including the Oscar-winning score to Schindler’s List. He received a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2008. Perlman has won four Emmy Awards, including for the 1998 PBS documentary Fiddling for the Future, about the Perlman Music Program and his work as a teacher. Having collaborated with all the world’s major orchestras as a soloist, Perlman has for years performed with many of them as a conductor. A rarity for a classical artist, he has appeared everywhere from Sesame Street to the White House including a performance for the first inaugural of President Obama. In 2000, he was awarded a National Medal of Arts, and in 2003, Perlman earned a Kennedy Center Honor celebrating his distinguished achievements and contributions to the country’s cultural and educational life. He currently holds the Dorothy Richard Starling Foundation Chair at the Juilliard School.

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